Abigail Klein Leichman

Abigail Klein Leichman is a journalist who made aliya with her family in 2007, following 13 years as a features writer and copy editor at The Record , the daily newspaper of northern New Jersey. She has been freelancing since 1984 for a wide variety of secular and Jewish publications and is a staff writer for ISRAEL21c.

Harry Langbeheim in his home studio in Rehovot.

From Zurich to Rehovot: Harry Langbeheim’s paintings reveal the visual world of S.Y. Agnon

An Israeli soldier holds a smartphone near Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, November 23, 2023

Yom Kippur 2026: Does a text message or social media post count as a real apology?

ULPAN LA-INYAN instructor Moshe Shmuel teaches basic Hebrew; teacher, trainer & educational program developer Tali Itzhakov (below) works with a student.

Putting conversation first: Jerusalem ulpan founder reflects on 18 years of teaching Hebrew to olim


How can new olim navigate Israel’s 2026 election? French immigrant builds online quiz to help

The free, user-friendly online questionnaire is available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and even in Hebrew.

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

From Australian judge to Israeli tour guide: David Parry's aliyah journey

“It’s such an incredible blessing to be here. I really feel it was the mission of my life to facilitate my family’s return to Israel,” retired judge David Parry said of his aliyah journey.

JUDGE-TURNED-TOUR GUIDE: David Parry.

The way to Jerusalem: A modern-day pilgrimage in the land’s ‘diverse embrace’

If ancient pilgrimages were about holy sites, religious ritual, forgiveness, and redemption, modern pilgrimages are about personal growth and connection with people and places.

Pilgrims in Jerusalem

Ma’ayan: New Jersey-born artist shares how art, faith, and loss shaped her journey to Israel

Artist Ma’ayan reflects on her journey from New York to Jerusalem, finding her spiritual home, discovering her artistic voice, and turning loss and renewal into art.

Ma'ayan in her studio.

Australian lawyer makes aliyah just before October 7, quits job to launch babywear brand

"I’m releasing the onesies in very limited drops and collaborating with Israeli local artists," said Miriam Agranat. "They’re doing extremely bold, colorful prints."

MIRIAM AGRANAT with a collectible Tiftaf onesie.

Olga Deutsch: Exposing the dark underbelly of human rights groups - interview

Many of the NGOs whose funding sources and anti-Israel activities get exposed by NGO Monitor are based in Europe, where Deutsch lived and worked since her birth in 1979.

At NGO Monitor Annual Event in Dec. 2025 at Jerusalem's Begin Center, interviewing US Ambassador Mike Huckabee.

Israel’s ‘Tinder for pets’ is helping shelter animals match with loving homes

An Israeli nonprofit is using a Tinder-style app to match shelter dogs and cats with loving families and reduce failed adoptions.

Adopt me Israel's Ela Sayag Lipman and her two adopted rescue dogs, Duda and  Namer.

Gabrielle Soffer: Using her English for the good of others in Israel

Seven years after arriving alone in Israel, Gabrielle Soffer is now inspiring Israeli high school students through English and literature.

ASAF & GABRIELLE COHEN on their wedding day in Beit Lechem Haglalit, May 24, 2020.

'All Afternoon': Feminism comes to River Ridge - book review

Kleinman notes in her novel 'All Afternoon,' set in 1978, that feminism was “slow in coming” to the fictional New Jersey town of River Ridge.

DISCO CEILING in Arlington, Texas. The 1970s saw the social revolution known as Women’s Lib.’

'The Handover': The ABCs of nursing, with a Jewish twist - reivew

Author Tilda Shalof reflects on her decades of hospital-based work in Canada, and how Jewish humor and its paradoxical mix of tragedy and comedy mirrors a shift nurse’s daily experience. 

THE AUTHOR includes passages from the 1950s children’s book series about ‘pretty, angelic Nurse Cherry Ames,’ who enjoyed exciting adventures as a student nurse, senior nurse, and army nurse, among others.